[THIN] Re: Adding System DSN ODBC for regular user
- From: Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:40:43 -0400
Ah but that's the rub isn't it? How do we know which you meant? Your mouth
said one thing but your eyes another... ;)
Geez, I'm in a weird mood.......
Jeff
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On 10/13/05, Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Sorry, I typed System DSN in the subject but meant USER.
>
> I f you look at the .reg I pasted, you see it's HKCU which means User
> DSN. System DSN's are in HKLM I believe.
> The app in question does NOT work with a System DSN, so a User DSN must
> be created.
> ----Original Message-----
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Jeff Pitsch
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:17 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Adding System DSN ODBC for regular user
>
> Joe is right. there shouldn't be any reason a normal user needs to add a
> System DNS. System DSN by definition are available to everyone and are only
> configured once.
>
> On 10/13/05, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Do you already have a System DSN with the same name? System DSNs are
> > just
> > that, available to everyone.
> >
> > User DSN are user specific. Does the DSN have to be User Specific? Why
> > are you not able to create a System DSN?
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Evan Mann
> > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:14 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Adding System DSN ODBC for regular user
> >
> > This is the .REG file I am using. If a user has Power Users access it
> > works great. with Users access, it only creates part of the entries and
> > says "files already in use". Power Users and Users have the same access
> > to the DLL reference below.
> >
> > I got the info by just looking at the registry on a computer where the
> > key was alreayy added.
> >
> > --
> > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> >
> > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC Data Sources]
> > "Text Files"="Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)"
> >
> > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Text Files]
> > "Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\odbcjt32.dll"
> > "DriverId"=dword:0000001b
> > "FIL"="text;"
> > "SafeTransactions"=dword:00000000
> > "UID"=""
> >
> > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Text Files\Engines]
> >
> > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Text Files\Engines\Text]
> > "Extensions"="txt,csv,tab,asc"
> > "ImplicitCommitSync"=""
> > "Threads"=dword:00000003
> > "UserCommitSync"="Yes"
> >
> > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
> > "ScreenSaverIsSecure"="1"
> > "ScreenSaveTimeOut"="900"
> > "ScreenSaveActive"="1"
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Walter, Chris
> > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:08 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Adding System DSN ODBC for regular user
> >
> >
> >
> > User should have access to write to HKCU. Try running Regmon. I'd love
> > to see your script if it works, I've been trying to find out a way to
> > put in an ODBC entry with the packager after an application install but
> > I couldn't find anything that would work.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Evan Mann
> > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:00 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Adding System DSN ODBC for regular user
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone know how you can add a System DSN ODBC under a users profile who
> > has regular user access. I have the info in a registry file and am
> > running it in a login script, but if you do not have Power User or above
> >
> > access, it will not create, even though it's in the HKCU key.
> >
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